The drug can’t cure your disease at all. It can provide only          relief from pain.

A. compulsory                    B. contradictory       C. temporary                      D. contemporary

A smile can help us _____________ difficult situations and find new friends in a world of strangers.

   A. get across        B. get through            C. get out              D. get off

 The famous singer and actress ___________ performing in our city this week.

  A. am         B. is        C. are          D. be

— The weather isn’t good enough for an outing , is it？

— No. We can’t have _________at this time of the year.

      A．a(chǎn) nicer day   B．a(chǎn) worse day    C．a(chǎn) worst day   D．so fine a day

B

The Young Can't Wait

By Severn Cullies Suzuki

When you are little, it's not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed the delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty（貧困） and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect（反�。� your words.”

I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the delegates even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur（刺激） action. Now, a decade（十年） from Rio, after I've sat through many more conferences, I'm not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual's voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I'm learning that as we have to make choices—education, career, lifestyle—life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is progress, but we aren't taught how to pursue a happy, healthy or sustainable way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was idealistic and naive.

Today I'm no longer a child, but I'm worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of change.

60．The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to _______.

A．end poverty and make school beautiful

B．find environmental answers and keep the words that they always told themselves

C．end poverty and solve the problems about environment

D．find a wonderful place and clean it up

61．What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to _____.

A．a(chǎn) long period of laughing               B．a(chǎn) warm welcome

C．a(chǎn)n expression used for greeting      D．a(chǎn) long period of clapping and applause

62．It becomes clear that the writer is possibly _________ now.

A．in his teens      B．in his twenties  C．in his thirties    D．in his forties

                             E

People want to get ahead when they are working in office, but not everyone can reach the goal. Let’s read the passage and we believe you can understand something useful for your working in the office.

A is for always getting to work on time.

B is for being very busy.

C is for the conscientious (勤勤懇懇) way you do your job .

You may be all these kinds of people at the office, and even more. But when it comes to getting ahead, some experts say, the ABCs above are not enough, a P should be included, for P—politics, as in office politics.

Dale Carneigie suggested much about office politics(策略) more than 90 years ago: Hard work alone doesn’t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, in spite of the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics, a better job, a raise, praise, but many people are still unable or unwilling to “play the game.”

“People think that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心計(jì)的) behavior, ” says Deborah Comer , an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. “But politics comes from the word ‘polite’. It can also mean controlling and forming associations (交往). It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your boss, and then expecting something in return.”

In fact, today, experts explain office politics as proper behavior used to go after one’s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some forms of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.

“The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on their work,” says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. “But if two or three candidates (候選人) are up for a position, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to choose the person he or she likes best to get ahead. It’s simple human nature.

Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others connect office politics with flattery (奉 承) , fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.

Experts suggested that office politics should be the need for some self-promotion (晉升).

72. The underlined “Office politics” in (Para 5) is used in the passage to refer to ______.

A. the habit of getting to work on time.

B. the political views and beliefs of office workers.

C. the interpersonal relationships within a company.

D. the various qualities required for a successful career.

73. Why are many people unwilling to “play the game ”(Para.6)?

A. They believe that doing so is not polite.

B. They feel that such behavior is unprincipled（不道德的.）

C. They do like the manipulating workmates.

D. They think the effort will get them nothing.

74. The author considers office politics to be _______.

unwelcome at the workplace.

bad for interpersonal relationships.

impossible to the development of company culture.

an important factor for personal advancement.

75. It is the experts’ view that _______.

A. speaking up for oneself is part of human nature.

B. office politics is necessary to self-advancement.

C. hard work is of little importance to one’s promotion.

D. all employees can recognize the need for flattery.

第二部分：英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié),滿分45分）

第一節(jié)  單項(xiàng)填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

    從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

---It is reported that there is____ big breakthrough in the cancer treatment.

---If only my son could be brought back to ____ life!                

 A.a; /          B./; a        C.the;the          D.a;the                                          

In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only traveled______        the local market.

A. longer than      B. more than          C. as much as        D. as far as

The government is now planning to locate a new school        low-income families are living.

   A.which            B.in which             C.where         D.around which

 “I can’t _________ your rudeness any more，leave the room，”shouted Mary.

A．put up to　 　　　　　　　　　B．put up from

C．put up into 　　　　　　　　　D．put up with